28. And therefore the foul cannot attain unto any per feci knowledge in this life, till ajt the end, when light anddarknefleare feparated, and wrath orfierce- nefle,is,with the Body,confumed in the Earth,and then the foul feeth clearly and perfectly in God its Father.
29. But when the foul is kindled or enlightened by the Holy Ghoft, then it triumpheth in the Body, like a huge fire, which maketh the heart and reins tremble for Joy.
30. But there is not prefently -a great and deep knowledge in God its Father, but ks love towards God' its Father, triumpheth thusin the fire of the Holy Spirit, 3 1. But the knowledge of God is fowen in the fire of the Holy Ghoft, and at firft is as fmall as a Grain of Mußard feed, as Chrift makes the comparifon, Uatth, 1 3. afterward it gtometh largeyUke a tree, and fpreadeth it [elf abroad injGod its Creator.
32. Juft as a Drop.of warerjn 'the Ocean cannot avail much; but if a great River runneth into it, that maketh a greater commotion.
3 3. But the time paft, prefent, and to come, as alfo depth andheighth, near and afar off, isall one in God, one-comprehenfibility. - - . 34. And the holy Soul of man feeth the fame alfo u But in this world in part only.: it happtneth/o?»* times ^ that it fcetb nothing at all: for the Devil dothaflault it furioufly jo Tie fintents of this Book, furioufly In the fierce wrathful fource which is in the foul3 and oftentimes covcreth the noble Muftard feed, and therefore Man muft alwayes be in fight and war.
35. In this manner, and in this knowledge of the Spirit, I will write in this book, concerning God our Father, in whom arc all things,and who himfelf is all: And will handle, how all is become difiiitö and crea- turely, and how all driveth and moveth in the whole tree of life. ^ ^g 3 tf.Here you fhall fee tne,/» true ground of the Dei- ty 0 2° how all was One Being before the Time of the world; 30 how the holy Angels were created alfo, and out of what: 40 Alfo how the terrible Fall of Lucifer together with his Lqg/W hapned: 5° How Heaven, Earth, Stars, and the Elements, were made: 6* how me- tals, (tones and other creatures in the earth are genera- te dj7° How the birth of life is,andthe corporeity of all things > 8° Alfo what the true heave», is, in which God and his Saints do dwell; 9® And what the wrath of God is, and the Hellify fire. io° And how all is become kindled and enflamcd.
In briefj Hot», and n>hat9 the "Being ofaU "Beings is.
37. The Fir ft Seven Chapters treat very plainly and comprehenfi- bly of the Being of God and of Angels, The Contents of this "BooJ^ 5 v Angels, by fimilitudes jj that the Reader may from one ftep to the other at laft come to the deep fenfe and true ground.
58. In the Eighth Chapter,be- ginneth the depth in the Divine Being, and fo on, the further, the deeper. ^ }<}. One thing is often repea- ted, and ftill more deeply defcri- bed, for the Readers fake, and by reafon of my flow and dull ap- prehenfion. <v^ca%/ 40. That which you do not find fufficiently explained in this book, you will find more clearly in the fecond and* third. tS**** 41. For, corruption is the caufe, f^- why we know but in part, and J^f have not perfeä: knowledge at once.
41 Yet Man.
3 2. The Contents of this 2?oo£.
42. Yet this Book is the WOfN- VeRofthe World, which the holy Soul will underftand well enough. Thus I commit the Rea- der into the meek and holy Love of ©od.
The Chap.L Of the Divine Seeing in Nature, &Cc 3 5 The Firft Chapter* Of Searching out the Divine "Being in u\Qiture0 of both the Qualities; the Good and the Evil.
T i.
Hough Flefh and Blood cannot conceive or appre- hend the Being of God«, but the Spirit only when enlightned and kindled from God: z. Yet if a man will fpeak of God, and fay: What GOD is, Then, L A man muft diligently confider the VoTPZrs iti Nature. II. Alfo the Whole Creation, Heaven and Earth.
F IIL The III.. The Stars, the Elements, and the Creatures, which are proceeded from them. As alio the holy Angels,. Devils, and Men; more- over,Heaven and Hell.
Of the Two Qualities in One.
In this Con fideration are found. Two Qualities, as Good one and an Evil one, which are in one another as One thing, in this world, in all Powcrs3in the Stars and the Elements, as alfo in all the Creatures: and no Creature in theFlefh, in the Natural Life, can fubfift, unlefle it hath the Two Qualities.
What a- * QVALITY m * The Under (landing of the Thing here called A> <©VAL1TY, is the foundation of that whole v t t /* Relation of Jacob JScbme's: and of all Myße- ^ow nCre a ma 11 muft I tieSi of which his Writings are only a delcripti« COnfidcT, What the word on. For all along-, the feren Qu^ies are QVALITY meancth, or* called iometime Seven Sources, Seven Species, r*- Kinds, Manners, Circumftances, Conditions, IS.
Powers;Operations,or Faculties, ofa Thing: At- A Quality is the Mofo, the Qualifying or Fountain Spirits, which Kilirw kXult'nrr fnT-inrrmry, Colour," Tafte, figure, fhapcConftitution, Sub- and driving Ot a thing» ftaace,EfTence,& diftinft Beeing,of All Things; whichever were, are$ fhall be, or can be; in, from, and to, ALL Eternity; in God, and all Creatures; in Heaven,in Hell,or in this World: Alfo, the Forms or Properties, of Naturcwhich ' is the Saittter or Power, of God j And To, they are,the feven Spirits of God: as in the Revclamas pf?>^Cnopj.4.Ch.3.i.Ch.4t5.Ch,f,^ Chap. I. Of the two Qualities.. 35- Of Heat.
5. As, for Example, Heat, which burnetii, corifu- rnetb and driveth forth all, whatfoevcr cometh into it which is not of the fame property: and again it enlightneth and warmeth all cold, wet, and dark things, it compacrcth and hardnethfoft things.
Of Light and Itier-c'enejfe.
6.
lc containeth likewife two other kinds in it, name- ly, i° Light jand 2° Fierteneffc: of which take^notiee in this manner. The light or the heart of the heat is in it felt a pleafant joyful 1 Glance or Luftre, a power of life, an inlightening and glance of a thing which is afar off, and is a piece or fource of the heavenly Kingdom of Joy.
7. For it maketh all things in this world living and moving; all fleili, trees, kaves,and grarTe, grow in this world in the power of the light and have their - ' life therein, viz. in the Good.
8. Again it containeth, alfo a fierccnefle Or math which burneth, confumeth,and fpoileth • this wrath or fierce neffe ipringeth, driveth, and clcvi- teth it felf in the Light, and maketh the light move- able.
9. It wreftleth and fighteth together in its two- fold fource, as one thing: It is alfo one thing,but it hath a double fource: The light fubfifteth in God without heat, but it doth not fubfift fo in Nature.
io. For all Qualities in nature are one in ano- ther as onefi«d//f/>,in that maner,as Gcd is all: and F 2 as *6 Of the Divine Beeing in Nature, and GhapJ.
as all things defcend and come forth from him: For God is the Heart ox fountain of Nature, from him coneth all.
1 1. Now the Heat reigneth and predominateth in all powers in Nature, and warmethall, and is one lource or fpring in all? for if it were not fo, the water would be too cold: and the Earth would be congea- ' led, and there would be no Ayr.
12. The Heat is- predominant in all, in trees, herbs and graffe, and maketh the water moveable, lb that, through the waters Springing out of the earth, there groweth herbs and graffe, and it is there- tore called a Quality, becaufe k opera teth movcth and boyleth in all, and elevateth all.
1 3. But the Light in the Heat giveth power to all qualities, fothat all groweth pleafant and joyful. Heat without Light availeth not the other quali- ties,but is a perdition to the Good, an evil fource or Spring: for all is fpoiled in the fierccneffe or wrath of the Heat. Thus the light in the heat is a quick Spring or living fountain j into which the Holy Ghoft entreth,but not into the fiercenefle or wrath.
14. Yet the heat maketh the light moveable, fo that itfprangeth and dnveth forth, as isfeen in win- ter; when the Light of the Sun is likewise upon the earth, but the tat Ray cs of the Sun cannot reach into the canh, and that is the reafon why no fruit grow- eth.
&f Chap. I. Of the Two Qualities. 3 7 Of the qualification of the Cold Quality.
Cold is a Quality alfo, as well as Heat, it qualifieth or operated) in all creatures, whatfoever come forth, in Nature, and in all whatfoever doth move therein, in Men, Beafts, Fowles, Fillies, Worms, Leaves, and GrafTc.
1 6. And Heat is fet in opposition unto it, and qua- lifieth therein as if it were one and the fame thing, but it oppofcth the fiercenefle or rage of the Heat, and allayetb the Heat.
1 7.It containeth alio two forts or Speciesin it, which is to beObfcrved, viz. It mitigateth the heat, and ma- keth all things pleafant, and is in all creatures, a quality of lite 5 for no creature can fubfift without cold, for it isa fpringing driving Mobility in every thing.
18. The other kind or Species is Fierceneße; for where it getteth power, it fupprefTeth all, and fpoi- leth all, even as the Heat doth 3 no life can fubfift in it,if the Heat did not hinder that. The fiercenefle of Gold isa deftru&ion to every life, and the houfe of Death, even as the Hot ficrceneffe alfo i's>.
Of the qualification of the Ayr and the Water.
*9.
Ayr hath its original from Heat and Cold; for Heat 3 8 -Of ilx Drvine Beeingin Natur e^ and Cha p.I.
Heat and Cold work powerfully, and replenish all, whereby is cauled a lively andjfirring motion; but when cold allayeth or mitigatetb the Heat, then both their qualities are rarified and made thin -> and the Bitter quality drawes them together, fo that they be- come Dewey.
20. But the Ayr hath its original and greateft mo- tion from /fort, and the water hath it from cold.
2 1. Now thefe Two Qualities wrcftle continually one with another, the Heat cohfumetb the water, and the Cold condenceth or crowdcth the Ayr.Now ayr is a caufe and the fpirit of every life and motion in the world, be it infleih, or in any of the vegetables \ all whatever is, hath its life from the Ayr, and nothing can fubfift without ayr, whatfoever moveth and is in this world.
22. /Wdralfo Springern in every living and mo- ving creature in this World ^ in the water confifteth the Body of every thing, as the Spitit confifteth in the * or In Heft; Ayr: be it * in animals,or vegetables.
2 3. And thefe two are caufed by heat and cold, and qualify or mix and operate together as one thing.
24. Now in thefe two qualitis two other Species or kinds are to be obferv'd, viz. a living and a dead operation. The Ayr is a living quality, if it be tem- perate or moderate in a thing, and the Holy Ghoft reigneth in the CalmnlefTe ot Meekneße of the Ayr > and all the creatures re Joyce therein.
2 5. But there is afierceneß or wrath alfo in it,fothat itkilleth & deftroyethby its tcrribledifturbanccBut the qualification taketh its original from the fierce difturbauce or elevation,fo that it moveth and drjveth in every creatnre, from whenee life hath its originals and Chap. I. Of the Tvo Qualtttes. ^?
and doth exift; and therefore both ofthemmuftbe in this life.
26. The Water alfo hath a fierce deadly Spring, for it killeth & confumeth: and fo,all things that have a life and Being, muft Rot and perifh in the water.
a 7. Thus is the Heat and the Cold a caufe and ori- ginal of the Water and of the Ayr, in which every thing afteth and (landeth, every life and mobility {lan- ded) therein. Of which I (hall write plainly, Con- cerning the Creation of the Stars.
Of the Influences of the other Qualities in the Three Element s> Fire, Ay, and Water.
Of the 'Bitter Quality* 28.
The Bitter quality is the heart in every life t for,as itdravveth together the W7ater in the Ayr, anda/lo difllpateth the fame, fothat it becometh/^r^/^ fo ' alfo in other Creatures.as in vegetables of die Earth. For Leaves and Graffe have their ^ravz colour from the Bitter quality.
29. Now if the Bitter quality dwelleth meek/y and Gently in any Creature, then it is the Heart or jo^ therein: for it diflipateth all other Evil Influences, and is the beginning or caufe of jöy or of Laughing, 30. For, being moved, itcauleth the Creature to tremble and be joyful, and raifeth it up in its whole Body: for it is as it were a glimpfe or Ray of the hea- ler/lj joyfuinefTe, an elevation of the fpirit, a fpiric and power or venue in all vegetables of the Earthy and a mother oT the life.
3i. The Holy Ghoft fpringeth BQoveth and drlveth vehemently^ • %u Öf the Divine Beting in Nature, And ChapX Vehemently in this quality, for it is a part of the hea~ venly joy fulnefle« as I fhall demonftrate afterward.
3 2.- But it hath alio in it another Species or kind, namely, the fiercenefle or wrath, which is the very Houfeot Death, a Corruption of all Good, a perdition anddeftru&ionoftheLife in the Flefh.
33. For if it be elevated too much in any creature and be inflamed in the Heat,then Flefh and Spirit fc- parateth, and the Creature lofeth its Life and muft T>ie: for it movi til and kindlcth the Element of Fire, for in the great Heat and Bittcrneffc no Flefh can fub- fift.
Of the St>eet Quality.
The Sweet Quality is fet oppofite to the #/>ter,and is a graciom amiable blefled and pleafant quality, a re- ftefhingof the Life, an allaying of the Fierceneile,it maketh all pleafant and friendly in every Creature, it maketh the Vegetables of the Earth fragrant and of goodtafte, affording fair, yellow, white and ruddy Colours, 35. ItisaglimpfcandfcurceofmeeknelTe,a plea- fant Habitation of heavenly jcyfulnciTc, a Houle or Manfion of the Holy Ghoft, a qualification of Love and Kjtfercy& joy of the Life.
3 6. But on tl.e other fide, it hath alfo a fierce or wrathful fource,a fource of Death &: Corruption:For if it be kindled in the BitterQuality in the Element of Water, then it brecdeth diieafes, and the botchey Plague or Pcftilencc, and corruption of the Flefh.
37. But if it be kindled in theHcacandBitternefr, then itinfeð the Element of Ayr, whereby is in- gendred a fuddain fpreading Plague, and fuddain Death. of Chap. I. Of the Dnine Beeing in Nature > &t. 4 * Of the Some Qjtality.
38.
The Soure Quality is fet oppofite to the Bitter and Sweet, and is a good temper to all, a refreshing and cooling when the bitter and fweet qualities are elc- \ated too much; it is a longing delight in the IalU^a pleaiure of life, a ftirring Boyling flowing joy in e- very thing; a defire longing and luftof joyfulnefs3a füll Joy or habitation of the Spirit: thus it is a tem- perature to all living and moving creatures.
3 p. It containcth alfo a fource of evil and corrup- tion: For if it be too much elevated, or ftirreth too much ifo any thing) fo that it be fa ß amed, jlhen it engendreth/W*^*, and Melancholy. ^^ 40. In the water it caufcth a ftinck, puÖudnlfle, - and rankneffe, a forgetful ncflc of all good things, a melancholy orfadnefieof life,aHoufeofDeath3 a Beginning of Sorrow, and an £nd of joy.
Of the Ajlringent or Salti fh Qjtality.
41.
The Sabißj quality is a good ^Temperature in the * or Tcm* bitter, fvvett, and ioure, niaking every thing plea- per, fant j it oppofeth the filing of the bitter Quality, as alfo of the fweet, and fourc^ Ufi they fhould be infla- med: it is a fharp quality, a delight in the taite, a fource of lite and joy.
4*. It cöntaineth alfo ' fierceneffe and corruption: Being inflamed in thejjVf, it cngendreth a . hard, tearing and ftony nature 3 a fierce wrathful G fource, -2 Farther of the Two Qualities, Cha^.I:.tf {cvrcefideßruBion of life, whcieby the Store or Gra- vel is engend red in the fkih ^ cauung great pain and torment to thefkfh.
4 ]. But if it be inflamed in the water j then it en- gendreth in the fk-fhjfcabs, fores, pox, lcprofie*, and is a mourning houfe of Death, a mifcry,and forgetting of all good things.
The Second Chapter.
u$n IntroduHion, foewing Low men may come to apprehend The Divine^and Natur all^heeing. And fur thereof the two Qualities, A LI whatfoever hath been above mentioned is therefore called jg^w/^becaufe it qualifi- _j£th operate th or iiametn all in the Deepea- L~e tiic eanh,alfo upon tue earth,and in the earth, in one another, as ONE thing, and yet hath feverall diiUnc~t venues and operacions3and but one mother, from wher.ee defcend and Spring all things.
2 e And all the creatures are made and defcended from thefe qualities, and live therein as in their mo- ther; and the eaith and Stones deicend or proceed from thence alfo; and all that groweth out of the earth, liveth and Springeth form out of the vertue of thefe cjualities; no rational man can deny it.
3. Now This two-fold Source, Good and Evil in every thing, is caufed by th^Stars: for as the Crea- tures in the Earth are in their Qualities, fo alfo are the Stars.
4. For from the two-fold Fource, everything hath its great Mobilityjrunning^Springing, driving and growing. For meeknefle in nature is a Still Reft, but the fierccnefle in every power, maketh all things Chap.II. Farther of the Two Qualitiei, 4$ things moveable,runnrng, and Generative* 5. For the driving qualities caufe a Iuft in alt crea- tures unto eVil and good, fothat every thing is defi- rous one of the other, to copulate and encreafe, de- creafe, grow fair, perifh, love, and hate.
6. In every Creature in this World is a good and Evil will and fource ^ in Men, Beafts, F®wles, Fifti- es, Wormes, and in all that which is upon the earth; in Gold, Silver, Copper, Tinn, Iron, Steel, Wood, Herbs, Leaves, and Grade 5 As alfo in the earth, 'm ftoncsjin the water,and all whatfoever can be thought upon.
7. There is nothing in Nature, wherein there is not Good and Evil: every thing moveth and liveth in this double impulfe working or operation 5 be it what it will, 8. But the holy. Angels and the fierce Wrathful Devils are here to be excepted, for thefe are feve- red apart; Each of thefe liveth, qualifieth and ru- leth in his own peculiar quality.
$. The holy Angels live and qualifie in the light in the good quality wherein the Holy Ghoft raigneth. But the Devils live and raign in the fierce wrathful quality,in the Quality of fiercencfle and wrath, de- ftru&ion or perdition.
1 o. Yet both of thefe the good and the evil Angels were made out of the qualities of Nature^ from whence all things exifted, only they differ in their qualifying or Condition.
1 1. The Holy Angels live in the power of meek- nefle, of the Light and joyfulnefle, and the Devils live in the power of the rifing or elevating quality of fiercencfle, terrour and Darknefle, and cannot com- prehend the light j into which condition* they preci- G 2...puated 4.4. Farther of the Tm Qualities. Chap.II.
pitated and caft themfelves through their pride and elevating of themfelves, as I fhall (hew afterward, when I fhall write of-the Creation.
1 2. But it* thou wilt not believe,that in this world all defcendeth or comcth from the Stars, I will de« monftrate it to thee: if thou art not a Sot or Stock, but haft fome little Rcafon and underftanding left, therefore take notice of that which followeth.
1 3. Firft behold the Sun^ It is the Heart or King of all Scars, andgiveth light to all ftars from the Eaft to the Weft, it enlightneth and warmeth all, all liveth and groweth by its power; befides, the joy of all creatures ftandcth in its power.
14. If that {hould be taken away or Extinct, then all would be dark and cold, neither would there grow any fruit, and neither man nor beaft could pro- pagate a.n& increafe, becaufe their heat would be extinguilht, and their Seed would be cold and chil- led.
Of the Quality of the Sun.
15.
If thou wilt be a Philofophcr, and Naturaliß, and fearch into Cjods Being in Nature* and difcern how all is come to pafle, then pray to God for the holy. S pi- nt, to enlighten thee with the fame.
1 6. For in thy Flefh and Blood thou art not able to apprehend it, and though thou doft read it, yet it is but as a Fume or Mift before thine Eyes.
17. In the Holy Ghoft alone, who is in God and - alfo in the whole Nature out of which all things were made * in him alone thou canft fearch into the whole Body or Corporeity of God, which is Nature* as alfo into the holy Trinity it felf. 1 8, For Chap.II. Farther of the Two Qualities. 4 5 1 8. For the Holy Ghoft gocth forth from the ho- ly Trinity, and rcigneth and rulcth in the whole Body or firptu of God; That is, in the whole Nature.
1 9. Even as the ipirit of Man rulcth and reign- eth in the whole body in all the Veins, and repie- nifheth the whole Man: even fo the Holy Ghoft reple- niiheth the whole Nature, and is the Heart of Na- ture, and raigneth in the good Qualities of every thing.
20. Now if thou haft that fpirit in thce,fo that it cnlightneth,/?'//^/; and rcplenifheth thy fpirit, then thou wilt undcrftand what followeth in this wri- ting.
21. But if not, then it will be with thee, as it was with the wife fleathens, who gazed and flared on the Creation, and would fearch and fiftitoutby their oKvz^/otfjandthough with their fictions and conceits they came before Gods countenance or Face yet they were not able to fee it j but were ftark blind in the knowledge of God.
22. And as the children of Jfrael in the Defart could not behold CMofes his countenance, and there- fore he muft put a Vail before his face, when he drew near to the people.
23. The caufeof it was, they neither underftood nor knew the true God and his Will, who iwtm.it b-' {landing walked among them,and therefore that Väti was a iignand type of their blindnefTe and mif-un-- derftanding.
24. As little as a peece of work can apprehend him that made it, fo little alfo can Man apprehend and know God his creator, unlefTe the Holy Ghoft enlighten him; which hapneth only to thole, that rely not upon themfelves> butfet their hope will and defires^ 4$ Farther of the Two Qualities. Chap.II.
defires5 only upon God, and move in the Holy GhouS and thefe are one Spirit with God.
25. Now if we conlider rightly of the Sun and Starrs, with their forpus or Body, operations and Qualities, then the very divine Being may be found therein, and that the vertues of the ftars are Na- ture it felf.
26. If the whole Wheel Circumference orSphear of the ftars be well confidered,then it is foon found,that the fame is the mother of all things: or the Nature out of which all things are come, and wherein all things ftand and live, and whereby every thing moveth, all things are made of thefe powers, and therein they abide eternally.
27. And though, indeed they fa all Unchanged at the end of this Time,when good and evil fhall be fcpara- tcd; And fo in like manner Angels and men, in the power of Nature out of which they had gotten their firft beginning, (hall fubfift in God, eternally.
28. But here thou muft elevate thy minde in the Spirit^ andconfider, how the whole Nature with all tue powers, which are in Nature, alfo the widenefle, depth arid height, alfo heaven, and earth, and all whatfoever is therein, and all that is above the hea- vens, is together, the Body or Corporeity of God 5 and the powers of the Starres are the foun- tain Veins, in the naturall body of God, in this world.
29. Thou muft not conceive,that in the Body of the StarSjis the tryumphing Holy Trinity, God the Father Sonneand Holy Ghoft, in which there is no evil, but is the Light-holy eternal fountain of joy, which is undividable, and unchangeable, which no creature can fufficiently apprehend or exprefle: which dwelcth Chap. II, Farther, of the Two Qualities. 4_ ethand is above the Body of the Scars in itfelf,whofc •depth no creature is able to mcafure or fathom. • 30. But vvc muft not fo conceive, as if God were not at all in the Corpus or Body ot the Starrs, and in this world: for when we lay 5 AEL0OY f?0Wl Eternity to Eternity 3or All in All then we underiland3the Entire GOD.
Take mrw lot sl Similitude or Example, who is wade after the Image or Similitude of god, as it ^writ- ten in Mofes, Gen. 1.27.
32. Tie Inward or hoilowneße in the Body of Man, js and fignifieth the Deep betwixt the Stars and the Earth.
33.. The whole Body with all it i parts, fignifieth Hea- ven and Earth.
34. The Flefo fignifieth the Earth, and is alio from Earth.
35. The Blood fignifieth the Water, and is from the Water.
3 6. The Breath fignifieth the Ayr, and is alfo Ayr.
37. The wind- Pipe and arteries,whcrein the Ayr qualifieth or operateth, fignifieth the Dfcp betwixt thenars and the Earth, wherein firc,ayr and water qualific in an elementary man.ner,and fo the warmth the Ayr, and water, qualifiealfointhe^/W-P/^tf and Arteries, 2l$ they do in the Deep above the Earth.
38. The Teins fignifie the powerfull Rowings out from the Stars: and are alfo the powerful outgoings of the Stars; for the Stars with their powers raign in the Veins, and drive forth the Forme fhape and condition in Men.
19, The entrails or Cuts fignifie the operation of the ^8 Farther of the Taro Qualities. C ha p.II# theSrarSjor their confuming of all that which is pro- ceeded from their power, for whatfoever therrfelves have made j that they confumc again, and remain Still in their vertue and power, and fo the Gutts al- fo are the confuming of all that, which man Thruft- cth and fluffeth into his Gutts 9 even all whaifoevcr groweth from the power of the Stars.
40. The Heart in man Signified» the Heat, or the Element ofFire, and it is alfo the Heat; for tie Heatin the whole Body 3 hath its Original in the Heart, 41. The wind- pipe and t/frteries, figni fie the Ele- ment of Aire, and the Aireruleth alfo therein.
42. The Liver fignificth the Element of water, and it is alfo the water: for from the Liver cometh the Blood in the whole Body into all the Members. The Liver is the Mother of the Blood.
43. The Lungs Signify the Earth, and arc alfo of the fa me Quality.
44. The Feet Signify near and afar off, for near and afar off) are all one in God: and fomanby means of his Feet can come and go near and far oß » let him be where he will, he is in Nature, neither near, nor afar off; for in God thefe are one thing.
45. The Hands fignifie Gods Omnipotence: for as God in Nature can change all things, and make of them what he pleafeth: fo man alfo can with his Hands change all that which is grown in Nature, and can make.with his Hands out of them what he pleafeth: he ruleth with his Hands the wor£ and Being of the whole Nature, and fo they very well fignifie the Omnipotence of God.
How Chap.II. Farther of the Two Qualities 4$ Now obferve here further j The whole Body, to the Neck t, fignifiethj and is, the round circle or Sphcar of the Starres>as alfo the Deep within or between the Stars, wherein the planets and Elements reign.
47. The Flefh fignifyeth the Earth, which is con- gealed, and hath no motion: and To the flefh in it {elf hath no Reafon, Compreheniibility, or Mobility^ but is moved only by the power of the Stars, which raign in the flefh and veins.
48. No more could the earth bring forth any fruit, neither could there grow any Metals, as Gold, Silver,, Copper, Iron, or ftones, if the Starrs did not work in them 5 neither could there grow any Grafle, without the operation of the Starrs.
49. The Head fignifieth Heaven; the fame is grown on the Body, by the veins, paflages and going forth of powers 5 and fo all the powers come again from the Head and Brain into the Body,into the foun- tain-veins or Arteries of the flefh.
50. Now Heaven is a pleafant Pal lace of joy, wherein all the powers are, as in the whole nature in the Starrsand Elements, but not fohard working and Springing. For every power of Heaven, hath but one Species kind or form of power. Springing ve- ry bright and meekynot promifcuoufly Evil and Good one in another, as in the Starrs and Elements, but v ery pure, 5 1. It is made out of the Midft of the waters^ but not qualifying in fuch a manner, as the water in the elements,for ficrcenefTe or wrath is not therein. How- ever Heaven belongeth to Nature, becaufe the Stars and Elements have their original and power from the Heaven. H 52. For 5« Farther of the Two Qualities. Chap.II.
5 2. For Heaven is the Heart of the water, as in all creatures, and in all that, which is in this world, the water isi\iQHeart thereof and nothing can Subfift without water, be it in the fkfh or out of the flefh, in the Vegetables of the earth, or in Metals and Stones, in every thing the water is the kernel or the Heart of it.
53. And fo Heaven is the Heart in Nature, wherein all the powers are, as in the Stars and Ele- ments, and it is a foft Tupple and meek matter of all powers, as the Brain, in mans Head, is.
54. Now Heaven kindleth with its power, the Jtars and Elements, fothat they move and work: And (o the Head of man is alfo like Heaven.
55. For as in Heaven all powers are meek and full of joy; And as Heaven hath a clofure or ¥/rma~ mext above, the Starrs * aud yet all powers go forth from Heaven into the »Scars: fo the Brain alfo hath a Clofure or Firmament between it and the body, and yet all the powers go forth from the Brain into the Body, and into the whole man.
5 6. The Head £ontaineth the five Senfes, viz. See- ing, Hearing, Smelling, Tafting,and Feeling, where- in the Stars and Elements qualify, and therein exil):- eth the Sidereal or Heavenly Starry or Aftral and Natural fpirit inMen and Beafls,in this floweth forth Good and Evil, for it is the Houfe of the Stars.
57. Such power the Stars borrow from Heaven, that they can make in the flefh a Living and moving Spirit in Man andBeait. The moving of the Hea- ven maketh the Stars moveable, and lo the Head al- fo maketh the Body moveable.
58.
Tift» ope» fore the eyes of tb) Spirit, and behold God thy Creator. Quefkion.
Chap. II. Farther of the Two Qualities Quefiion. Here Now the Qu eft ion is,From whence hath -Hea- ven, or whence Borroweth it this power» that it cauleth fuch Mobility in Nature?
Anfwer. $$. Here you muft Lift up your Eyes Beyond Nature, into the Light-holy Tryumphing divine power,into the unchangeable holy Trinity, which is a triumphing Springing moveable Being, and all pow- ers are therein, as in Nature.
60. For this is the Eternal (^Mother of Nature, of which Heaven, Earth, Stars, Elements, Angels, Devils, Men, Beafts, and all have their being, and therein ALL ftandeth.